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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-28
THE LAUNDRY IN MEXICO.
Country where Wash Tubs are Not
Known-At the River Side.

A Country where Wash Tubs are Not
Known-At the River Side.
In the greater part of Mexico such
things as wash tubs and boards, patent
steam washers, or even clothes lines and
pins are practically unknown, and it will
be long time before any Of these articles
will be brought into general use by these
people The washing is all done by women
along the margins of rivers and creeks,
which in this country, as well as III our
own. so unaccountably find their way to
the cities and towns. There these women
i'gayanderas'' are to be found every day,
Sunday not excepted, from dozens up to
hundreds, according to the size of the city,
They assume the sitting or squatting pos
ture so universal with the female laborerS
of this country, having in front of them
and partly resting in the water large,
Hat, smooth stone. Saturating a garment
in the creek and applying a quantity OF
soap, it is then vigorously rubbed over the
stone, which serves as a WaShboard, ahd
is very good substitute indeed. 1t is
often the case that fair sized stream near
a great city is SO largely used for such
work that it presents the appearance of
river of soap suds. And yet this water is
used by the people Of the next town below
for drinking and culinary purposes, and so
far as the taste is concerned they will prob
ably find it none the worse for the good
service rendered at various places nearer
its source
The garments, after being washed, are
spread upon the rocks and gravel beds,
and the bright sun, which shines here al
most daily for eight months in the year,
dries them before one has scarcely had
&c
river washing is necessitated by the
scarcity of water. There is scarcely any
part of the country in which either wells
or cisterns are to be found. All the drink
ing water is brought in pipes tapping the
river few miles above the city, and is
conducted to fountains or basins con-
yeniently located in different sections of
the town.
In many localities the rivers, which in
the dry season become reduced to mere
rivulets, are the only source of water sup
ply, and are used for almost every con-
ceivable purpose. Innumerable little
dikes. dams and bitches are constructed
by the scores of women who do washing
for Il living, and who each must have a
small supply of water for daily use. At
one place tanner may he seen scraping
and washing green hides, at another a
butcher securing tripe. Just below a
housewife will be cleaning the boiled corn
for the family dinner, while at other
points grooms will be engaged in securing
horses and a native washing his person in
the stream, evidently bordering over the
probability of mis- efforts being rewarded
by the recovery of a shirt he remembers
having put on in other days.-Cor. Kan
sas City Star.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-28

\ curious development has been noticed
of late in the colored society of Washing
ton. There are degrees, and quite eXclu-
sive ones, among the negro race, the nearly
white, wealthy and educated having very
little to do with the less favored. Colored
people own some of the best real estate on
the fashionable avenues. and several col
ored men have built up handsome fortunes
as money lenders, proving themselves as
Shrewd and busineSslike as the white cap
italists. Wealthy colored society has of
late taken to horseback riding and tri-
cycling. 1t is getting TO be a common
thing TO see colored ladies out riding in
the sunset hour, which all fashionable
Washington devoteS TO riding and driving.
Some ride on horseback well, and if well
yelled are quite likely TO turn the heads OF
passing observers.--N. y. Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-28
FOR SALE.

Improved and Unimproved City Property
on the best improved streets in the city.
Lots on the inside on street Car lines and IN
outside additions. Suburban lots on the east
side in Maple Grove addition.
Business lots and business blocks for sale
at special bargains. Several fine tracts near
the city for sub-dividing and plating.
Improved farms and grass lands in all
parts of the county, also ranches in this and
adjoining counties.
All parties wishing to buy would do well
to call and examine my list before buying
elsewhere.
w. A. THOMAS,
The Oldest Real Estate Agency in Wichita
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-28
9ai11R eagle
A FACE.

As hurriedly along the crowded street
Ipushed my way, woman's awful face
Confronted me, and darkened all the place
wherein we walked; then faithful memory feet
Rushed back into the dusky past to meet
Great Dante's creatures-all that direful race
OF piteous souls that traversed Hell's wide space
And vainly battled with the woes that beat
Against the naked spirit. And thought:
This woman's face to some lost soul belongs,
Escaped from its dark prison, and distraught;
And now it gIides among the eager throngs
To clutch their souls with terror and restrain
Their feet from Turing ways that lead to pain.
George Russell Lewis.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-28
Journalism I'm Bulgaria.

A correspondent of The Novoe Vremya,
of st. Petersburg, says that in Bulgaria
journal is published in almost every town
and village where there is a printing
Office, only all the papers contain exactly
the same matter and differ only in their
titles. Before the proclamation of the
Principally there we,. forty-eight Bull
garian gaZetteS; since the liberation the
number has risen To eighty-fiye. not in
Guiding $50 reviews which have appeared
in the course of the present century, the
majority of which have now totally disap-
peared.-New York Tribune.
n story or the Toilet.
1t is reported of pretty Parisienne who
was in the habit of embarrassing" herself, 50
to SPEAK, from the soles of her feet TO the
roots of her hair with chemically prepared
cosmetics, that she took a medicated bath one
day and emerged as black as ink Mortified,
she sent for her doctor. On seeing her be
laughed as though he would never stop, but
at last found voice to say: Madame, you are
are not i'll: you are chemical product. You
are no longer a woman, but ''sulphiden II
rs not now a question Of medical treatment
but simple chemical reaction. l shall sub.
lect YOU TO a bath Of sulphuric acid diluted
with water. The acid Will have the honor OF
combining with you, it viii take up the sui
phur, the metal will produce "Sulphate, >
and We shall find as a ''precipitate' a very
pretty woman. The doctor went through
with his reaction and the "belle- was re.
seored TO her membership with the white race
Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
He Won His Bet.

A street car so loaded down that
passengers we're hanging to the
platforms by their toes was going
up Michigan avenue the other day
when one of the changers" remark
ed to another:
"Bet you a cigar we won't go
another block before some fool Of a
woman will stop the car and crowd
in"
"I'll take that bet.'
"All right
The car had not gone half a block
before the driver put on the brake,
and the conductor asked the men
to make way for a lady.
"Didn't l tell you y exclaimed
the first man in a triumphant voice.
"Tbe fool is at hand y
swell, I'll pay" replied the
other, "but do you know who it
is 7"
"Great jims but it's my own
wife 7" growled the better as he
dropped of the step in disgust and
took to the sidewalk.--DetrOit Free
Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
Seeding a Lawn.

A nice piece of turf is properly
considered the first requisite in
fitting up the ground about the
house, but to many people grass
is grass they never notice any
difference in its quality, and never
once consider that the smOothness
and closeness of the turf depends
on the quality of the grass. They
will SOW Timothy seed or Orchard
grass, or use the sweepings of
some hay-loft. We have known
persons to do all these things, and
to do them with the utmost IN
concern, unquestioning the result.
Timothy is coarse and strong,
Orchard Grass grows in tufts, and
neither will make a smooth, close,
velvety turf. To take the sweep.
ings of a hay.loft is to take the
seeds of several different kinds of
grasses, and probably OF a great
variety of weeds, which, with their
usual vigor of reproduction, will
multiply in force, and prove last
ing annoyance. The only right
course to take is to send to a re-
sponsible dealer for Lawn Grass,
OF Kentucky Blue Grass-either
will make a good VicEs
Magazine for July.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
MUSHROOMS.

In making q Mushroom bed, you
want to keep all the ammonia in
the manure, if you possibly can,
for on this gas depends the fruitful
ness of your bed; nitrogen Is not
more essential. Therefore your
drOppings must be kept in a shed
and turned over every day to keep
them from heating until Won have
sufficient to make your bed, which
should be at least ten inches in
depth, and as large as you like.
When you have collected suffi-
cient whether your bed is a cracker
box in a corner of the cellar, or a
larger affair in house heated and
constructed for the purpose, mix
the whole mass with a little good
soil, put it in place in layers, beat
ing it as firmly as possible, you
can't have it too firm, leave it
until the heat is about so degrees.
Then spawn, putting in pieces as
large as a walnut, about every six
inches all over the bed. Put on
two inches of good loom, beat
everything firm and snug, cover
carefully from light with clean hay,
and leave it alone for week or
two. By this time you will be able
to see the spawn breaking in patch
es all over the bed, and in another
two weeks may begin to give a
gentle sprinklIng OF water every
few days, and 1 believe you. Will
soon be carrying in handfuls, hat
fuls, basketfuls of Mushrooms, &C
cording to the size of the bed and
the intelligent carrying out of my
directlons.-V ick'S Magazine TOR
July.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22

A young lady Sunday-schoOl
teacher in Brooklyn was called from
the city and her class, comprising
half grown girls, fell to the care of
an exceedingly bashful youth who
insisted upon the superintendent
presenting him to the class. Ac-
cordingly the two gentlemen ap.
peared upon the little platform,
and the superintendent began -
"Young ladies, | wish to introduce
to You Mr.. c., who will in the fu-
ture be your teacher. / would like
TO have you tell him what your
teacher did, so that he can go right
on in the same way" Immediate
~ demure miss of fourteen arose
and said: "The first thing our
teacher always did was to kiss us
all around"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
9You must prepare Yourself, my

"You must prepare yourself, my
dear madam" began the clergy
man, but she interrupted him, in
the same measured tones:
"He is dead. / know it. He
came to me this morning"
The men looked askance at each
other. Was the woman mad ? Had
she read their message in their faces
and her grief driven her wild?
Before the question of her burn
ing eyes they could only repeat,
with stilled hearts and white lips
ale is dead"
The news spread rapidly, for DR..
Edgerton was we'll and widely
known, and the house was soon
filed with sympathizing friends
and neighbors.
And there, with her sorrow, we
will leave her, since our story is
rather of the night than of her.
Little remains to be told. Two
farmers, sent by an early errand
downward, discovered horse near
ly buried in the snow, and farther
on the form of a man, the physi-
clan.
He had evidently abandoned his
horse, and benumbed with cold and
bewilded by the storm, his fate had
overtaken him.
II was an hours drive, IN pleas
ant weather, from the home of DR..
Edgerton's patient to his residence.
He had been unable to leave the
place until II o'clock, when, resist
ing all persuasions TO the contrary,
he had undertaken the journey
hOmeward.
The physicians said that life had
probably been extinct several hours.
A short exposure to such intense
Geld would be fatal to stronger
man that he. In an hour at most,
he must have perished, perhaps at
1 o'clock. We think of it with a
thrill was not that the very mo-
ment his mother felt his cold lips
on her brow
Call his presence with her at that
time a dream If you like; she will
tell you that 1t is not so, but that
the subtle link of strong affection,
the sympathy OF mind with mind,
that bound them together so close.
ly in life, enabled him to come to
her in death. Perhaps she is right,
who knows
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
LIVE STOCK COMMENTS.

To get the greatest quantity of
milk from COW, milk her regular
~, quickly and clean.
The estimate is that the feed of
an ordinary COW will keep ten
Marine sheep. In an open winter
the number of sheep can be in
creased.
An old farmer says the best rem
edy for scours in colts is to break
open two or three eggs in the
mouth, and compel the colt to
swallow them.
1t is said that the sharp horns of
cattle may be cut off easily by
heating an old scythe red hot and
using that instrument to do the
cutting with.
AS soon as you find a horse is
foundered, throw a tablespoonful
of finely pulverized alum well back
in his mouth, and give no water
for twelve hours.
When your horse is to stand
I
hitched for some time, loosen the
check rein, for it is tiresome for the
animal to stand for hours with his
head drawn up-much more so
than when in motion.
If you raise the right kind of
horses the buyers will hunt for
You; if the wrong kind, you will
have to hunt the buyers. This
may mean a good deal in dollars
and cents to you in the course of
lifetime.
Don't forget to exercise the
horses that have nothing to do at
this time OF the year. They may
grow fat and look well standing in
the stable all the time, but they
will not be IN a condition to stand
hard work.
1t is claimed for horses raised on
the range that they are more wirv
and tough than horses raised on
farms, and that they retain their
vitality to a greater age than
horses that have too much care
bestowed upon them.
Western wool growers who have
been feeding sorgham cane are
delighted with the results, and in
tend making it their main winter
feed in the future. We have tried
it and it makes excellent fodder
for milch COWS.
A teamster in Maine says he
can start the worst balky horse by
taking him out OF the shaft and
making him go round in a circle
till he is giddy. If the first dance
of this sort don't cure him the sec
ond will. We would like to bet on
H.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
Alexandria Gazette,
ESTABLISHED 1900.

Its contiguity to Washington gives it
an early precedence over all the Journals
of the State in intelligence of the opera
tons of the General Government. The
proceedings of Congress are reported and
all matters of interest to Virginia given
in detail. From the State Capital receives
early and accurate accounts of all the
operations of the State government.
Especial attention is devoted to the
news of Virginia, and concisely and COM
pletely it gives the news of the world.
In its Commercial columns the people
know they may depend upon the Gazette.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DALY-One year 60 six months SO
three months $50; one month so cents
TRI-WEEKLY--0Re year 81 SIX months
50 three months 81.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE FARM WORKSHOP.

Have you a workshop on the
farm? If not, why not ? Many Jobs
can be done on the farm in less
time than it would take to order
them of some person, perhaps
miles away, and then wait for them,
or perhaps make another journey
after them. Every farmer Is not
handy with tools, but he may soon
become so by their handling, at
least to such a degree as to perform
jobs sufficiently well to compass the
end. Nowadays any repair about
the farm may be had already
shaped and only needing fitting
If you are distant from whore such
things may be bought, when in the
woods look ont for crooks that will
split into pillow beams, harrow
frames, wagon tongues, cross pieces
for hay rigging, log for roller,
or any other material needed. The
broken implement will serve as a
pattern to hew or otherwise work
by. When found, prepare roughly
and pile in a loft, where the wood
may become thoroughly seasoned
against a time OF want. Many a
Job may be nicely done in the
workshops in inclement weather,
especially in winter, Provide a
few necessary tools and a stove to
keep the shop warm. At odd times
make duplicates OF articles or parts
to implements likely to break
Many minor implements are
now more cheaply bought new
than repaired or made on the farm.
Handles to any of the implements,
rakes, &C., are among the number,
and when they may be bought
ready shaped, they are cheaper
than to hew them down from tim
Der. 1t takes little labor to fit
them properly to their places.
In the workshop broken harness
may be mended by means of rivets
or stitching. Many implements of
use or convenience in the family
may easily. be made. Here the
children will make play in learning
to become handy with tools. The
hired men will also take kindly to
this work, since it is sure to keep
them out OF the storm.
With a good stock of timber
poles may be prepared for making
sheds; lumber may be fitted for
pig-pens; posts may be prepared
boring or hewing; rails may be
sharpened managers may be fitted,
feed-boxes prepared, stanchions
made ready for fitting together,
and tools and implements may be
sharpened. These are a few of the
uses to which the workshop may
be put and the ingenuity of the
master and man exercised. If
they prevent a visit to the village
grocery for drink and card.playing
when time drags heavily, the small
economies will cary joy to the
household, honor to the head of the
family, and money into the purse
against a rainy day.-ChicaqO
Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
SOMEWHAT EMBARRASSING.
A MUSIC BOX IN HER BUSTLE Be
TRAYS A PRETTY sMUGGLER.
[El Paso CTexas) Inter-Republican.

III Paso (Texas) Inter Republican.
Said a custom.hOnse inspector
the other day to reporter OF the
Ell Paso Iate, Republican Very
few people think it is wrong to
smuggle, and if they can manage
to slip few little trinkets over the
line unObserved they have no hest
fancy in doing so. About a week
ago there was a little excursion
party in PasO del NorGe, Mexico,
and kept pretty sharp lookout (;
but one of the ladies wOuld have
passed almost with my eyes shut,
she was such a pretty girl and had
such an innocent, babyish face. |
had just asked her if she had any
dutiable articles, and she had just
said, "Oh, no SIR when | heard Il
peculiar muilled and whirring
sound, and then something tingIing
ont the old tune, "My Dream of
Love is Ger" 1t seemed to come
from under skirts, and then | re.
membered hearing of a clock strike
once in q wOman's hustle, and
tnmbleG TO the situation. You see
that innocent little thing had
bought tiny music.box in case
covered with fligree work, and
somebody had suggested that she
hide it under her clothes. ! can't
say exactly how she accidentally
touched some spring or something
and set the thing agoing. IL kept
right on playing that tune until
she got it out, and then began to
reel of "The Alsatian Mountains"
l thought the woman would faint,
and heard her remark to a friend
that she would as soon think of
packing around a clock work in
fernal machine as to try the dodge
on again.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
Complete Cure Of Cancer.

Gentlemen-I had q sore on my
upper lip for eight years. Seven
different doctors attempted in vain
to heal it. One gave me a small
vial for five dollars, which was a
"certain cure" 1t is needless to
say that it did me no good. About
two years ago | became quite I'M
easy, as people thought | had a
cancer, and ! took course of eigh.
teen bottles of S. S. s. The result
has been a complete cure. The Ill
Ger or cancer healed beautifully,
leaving scarcely a preceptible scar.
From that day | have been in ex.
celent health, the Specific having
purified my blood thoroughly, IN.
creased my appetite and perfected
my digestion. In a word, ] feel like
a new woman, and, best OF all, the
eight year ulcer is gone entirely.
Yours sincerely,
MRS. w. p. CANNON.
Trenton, Todd, Co., KY, Feb. 18th,
1887.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22

A farmer says that if you want
to fatten a horse that is hide.
bound, give him one tablespoonful
of the following mixture once a
day IN wet feed Saltpeter, four
ounces; crude anthony, ono ounce;
sulphur, three ounces; pulverize
and mix the whole together. Dose,
a tablespoonful once a day in a
bran wash.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22

STANDARD TIME.-Esst OF Huntington sr,l
aa sttiasa Or Eastern time; West Of Huntipstot
sVsn m1sIdiaD, or Central time, which Ia IA, =,
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
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